High-speed between-the-lens photographic shutter



1943- o. STEINER 2,326,077

HIGH-SPEED BETWEEN-THE-LENS PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER Filed June 17, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet l 3. 1 43. o. STEINER 2 32 ,011

HIGH-SPEED BETWEEN-THE-LENS PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER Filed June 17, 1941 4Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR, ascca' SZeLncr Aug. 3, 1943. Q STElNER 2,326,077

HIGH- SPEED BETWEEN THE-LEN S PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER Filed June 17, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 67 88 95INVENTOR. 73.9, 86 85 Oscar Sieincr %isfl%rnys O. STEINER Aug. 3, 1943.

HIGH-SPEED BETWEEN-THE-LENS PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER /0/ m5 INyENTOR. car Siezner 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed June 1'7, 1941 BY gl 13 wngws drawings, wherein Patented. Aug. 3, 1943 HIGH-SPEED BETWEEN-THE-LENS PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER- Oscar Steiner, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to The Folmer Graflex Corporation, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application June 17, 1941, Serial No. 398,413

16 Claims.

This invention relates to a new, improved, photographic shutter of the high-speed betweenthe-lens type having built therein electrical circuit contact means and retarding means, the shutter being desirably substantially the same in certain respects as the, shutter disclosed in my co-pending application Ser. No. 368,011, filed November 20, 1940, now Patent No. 2,269,400, dated January 6, 1942, into and to which I have hereby incorporated and added certain improvements.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the shutter, the aperture setting plate and the leai support plate being removed to show the construction of the shutter operating mechanism, the shutter leaves being shown in closed condition and the shutter reset in the set or cocked position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but with the shutter release lever shown as depressed and the shutter leaves in the full open condition;

Fig. 2c. is a partial detail of the structure shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail of the shutter operating spring in a compressed condition;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a fragmentary portion of the shutter operating spring in an expanded condition;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail of Fig. l, but

showing the retarding mechanism, the shutter leaves being in open condition and the shutter operating ring retarded by the retarding mechanism;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing the shutter operating ring as about to be released by the shutter retarding mechanism, thus allowing the shutter leaves to be closed;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of the shutter recarding mechanism gear sector;

Fig, 8 is a side elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Figs. 5 and 6, but wherein the retarding mechanism is positioned by the speed setting ring or dial so as to be inoperative;

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but wherein the shutter operating ring is shown as being reset, and the operating mechanism is shown asv restored for a second exposure;

Fig. 11 is a detail in elevation of the shutter setting drive ring;

Fig. 12 is a transverse section through Fig. 10 on the line l2|2 thereof;

Fig. 13 is a front elevation of the shutter, showing the inter-relation of the operating levers when the shutter is in the set condition, the shutter reset lever being shown in run-down condition in dotted lines;

Fig. 14 is an enlarged detail of Fig. 1, showing the position of the electrical contacting means While the shutter operating ring is being reset;

Fig. 15 is a detail view similar to Fig. 14, but wherein the contacts have been closed by the operating ring when traveling in a shutter-operating direction;

Fig. 16 is a vertical section through Fig. 15

on the line 56-16 thereof; and

Fig. 1'? is a vertical section through Fig. 13 on the line l'l-Jl thereof.

Important objects of this invention are to provide a shutter of simple construction, yet very accurate in its function, and wherein the shutter leaves can be very rapidly opened and closed without undue wear on the operating parts; and to provide a shutter having built therein very accurate timing mechanism of simple construction that will permit very accurate timing of the so-called slow shutter speeds.

In order to secure these and other important objects of my invention, I may employ other embodiments thereof than that herein shown, to which, therefore, my invention is not limited,

The shutter herein illustrated is desirably of the high-speed between-the-dens type disclosed in my said copending application Ser. No. 368,011, now Patent No. 2,269,400, dated January 6, 1942, and with respect to instantaneous speed and time and bulb exposures the shutter herein disclosed operates substantially the same as that disclosed in my said patent. I have, however, made certain changes and improvements in the structure in order to obtain control over the instantaneous speeds and'also over the so-called slow shutter speeds. I have also added novel contacting means for completing an electrical circuit through a flash bulb or other device.

Referring first particularly to Figs. hand 2, but also to certain figures of details, such as Figs. 11, 13 and 17, I have in Figs. 1 and 2 represented the shutter housing at 20, it desirably being of the usual structure having a projecting cylindrical portion to receive the rear element of the photographic lens (not shown), which needs no further amplification of description herein. Attached to the said shutter housing 20 is a shutter mechanism plate 2!, shown in Fig. 1 and in section in part in Fig. 17. It is held in spaced relation to the bottom of the shutter housing 29 in any well known manner as by spacing studs or washers. The said mechanism plate 2| is provided with a cylindrical boss 22 (Fig. 2) protruding therefrom and into which the usual front element of the photographic lens is attached. Fitted over the said protruding boss 22 and resting on the shutter mechanism plate 2! is a shut.- ter operating ring 23, shown separately and most clearly in Fig. 11. It is provided with a reset lever 24 having a reset knob 25, and with a synchronizer and slow-shutter-speed operating pin 26, a latch or pawl 21, and a radially extend- I ing arm 28 having a downturned portion 29 for engaging an operating spring 30, which, while it may be of any suitable type, is here shown of the structure most apparent in Fig. 4. I may employ an ordinary helical spring for the purpose, but inasmuch as certain advantages obtain or result from the use of the operating spring 39 herein shown, I desire to claim the same in its novel relation but without in any way limiting my invention to the use of the said spring 39 excepting in so far as the same is definitely claimed in a claim or claims herein.

The said operating spring is backed up by an angle plate 3i secured to the shutter housing 20 by means of screws 32, 32. The periphery of the said shutter mechanism plate 2| provides an edge that is turned over, as indicated at 33, to form a support for the said operating spring 39. Also fitted over the said cylindrical boss 22 and overlying the shutter operating ring 23 is a shutter leaf cam ring 3 provided with a series of spaced, circumferentially arranged openings 35, engaged inturn by the pawl 21 of the shutter operating ring 23. Fitted over the said cylindrical boss 22 and spaced from the shutter mechanism plate 2i is a shutter leaf support plate 36, shown most clearly in Fig. 17, and which has attached thereto shutter leaves 371, 3'7, by means of shoulder rivets 33, 38, on which said shutter leaves are free to pivot. Said shutter leaves 37, 37 are also provided with short studs or dowels 39, 39 which ride in an encircling cam path of the shutter leaf cam ring 33. It will be apparent that if the shutter leaf cam ring 33 is causedto rotate in one direction, the said dowels 39, 39 will follow the said cam path 30, thus causing said shutter leaves 31, 37 to be reciprocatingly or oscillatingly opened and closed. As previously stated, the shutter operating ring 23 has integral therewith the pawl 21 which will in operation successively engage the openings 35, 35, of the shutter leaf cam ring 34 when the shutter operating ring 23 is turned in a contraclockwise direction, and if said shutter operating ring 23 is caused to move in a contra clockwise direction a distance equal to the spacing of the openings 35, 35, the said shutter leaves 37, 3? will be caused to open fully and to close,

thus effecting an exposure.

On the outer face or periphery of the shutter leaf cam ring 3 is provided a series of rectangular notches 3!, Al engaged by a release pawl 32 of a shutter operating lever 33. When the shutter is reset by the turning of shutter reset lever 29 in a clockwise direction, thus compressing the operating spring 39, the-said driving dog 21- of the shutter operating ring 23 will be turned in a clockwise direction, thus engaging a new opening 35 of the shutter leaf cam ring 34. When the release pawl d2 is withdrawn from the notch Al which it engages, the shutter leaf cam ring 34 will be driven in a contraclockwise direction under the influence of the said operating spring 39, and the driving pawl 27 of the shutter operating ring 23, until stopped by the reset lever 24 when it reaches the end of its travel in a slot 330. (Fig. 8) provided therefor in the periphery of the shutter housing 20. A new opening will now be engaged by the release pawl 42.

cam ring 35 will be held stationary by reason of the fact that the release pawl 32 engages a notch 4!, and the pawl 21 of the shutter operating ring 23 will engage a new opening 35 when the shutter reset lever 25 reaches the end of its travel in a clockwise direction and is stopped from further travel by the end of the slot 630. I

the cam formations AIL. As the said shutter leaf cam ring 3d continues to travel in one direction, the said dowels 59 will be moved in an inward direction toward the center of the shutter, thus closing the shutter leaves 31, 31.

In order to control the shutter operating lever 43, I have provided a shutter release lever td having a knob 35. The said lever is pivoted to the shutter mechanism plate 2i in a recess provided therefor, by reason of a shoulder screw 46. lever 33, there are provided two laterally extending bosses 11, ll having pins 48, 6.9 respectively. Engaging the pin 39, wrapped about the shoulder screw .16 and engaging the shutter housing 25, is a spring Mia. for the purpose of causing the said shutter release lever 44 to be turned in a clockwise direction.

In order to provide time and bulb exposures, I have provided two additional shutter operating lever arms and 5| respectively, the former beating lever arm just referred to, are attached to the shutter mechanism plate 2| by a shoulder screw 54, and the bulb exposure shutter operating lever arm 5| is attached to the said shutter mechanism'plate H by a shoulder screw 55. The said shutter operating lever- 43 is caused to turn in a contraclockwise direction under the influence of a spring 56, and the time-exposure shutter-operating lever-arm 50 is caused to turn in a contraclockwise direction by means of a spring 57." The bulb-exposure shutter operating lever arm 5! is caused to'turn in a clockwise direction by a spring '58. The shutter operating lever 33 and its associated release pawl 42 are provided for instantaneous exposure, whereas to secure a bulb exposure the said second lever arm 5i is employed, as will be described.

When the shutter release lever A l is turned in a contraclockwise direction, the release pawl 32 will be disengaged from its notch M under the influence of the pin 38 coacting with the shutter operating lever 43. At the same time, the bulb exposure shutter operating lever arm 5! having a pawl 59, will be allowed to turn in a clockwise direction under the influence of spring 58 inas- Thus, when the shutter reset lever 24 is turned in a clockwise direction, the shutter leai At the pivoted end of the shutter release much as the pin 49 will be removed from engagement with the said bulb exposure shutter operating lever arm As the release pawl 42 is withdrawn from the notch 4|, the shutter leaf cam ring 34 will start turning in a contraclockwise direction, but when the notch 4| reaches the pawl 59 and ls engaged thereby, the said shutter leaf cam ring 34 will be stopped from further movement. The shutter leaves 31 will then be in the fully opened condition shown in Fig. 2, the engagement of the pawl 59 on the lever arm 5| with the notch 4| being shown in Fig. 2a. When the shutter release lever 44 is released, its spring 44a will cause said release lever 44 to turn in a clockwise direction, carrying with it the pin-49, which will engage the bulb exposure shutter operating lever arm 5|, thuswithdrawing the pawl 59 from the notch 4| and allowing the shutter leaf cam ring 34 to continue turning in a contraclockwise direction until the limit of motion is reached, at which time the shutter leaves 31 will again be in closed condition and the release pawl 42 will engage a new notch 4|.

During this operation the time exposure shutter operating lever arm 50 was held out of action by means of a cam plate 60 having a notch 6| that is most clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13. The said cam plate 60 is attached to a shutter setting ring '62 which is fitted to the shutter housing 20, and is held in place by means of an index ring 63 and a locking nut 64 threaded to the centrally extending cylindrical boss 22.

When making bulb exposures, 13 on the index ring 62 isaligned with the index 65, and

the notch 6| of the cam plate 60 will be moved into position to hold the time exposure operating lever arm 50 in inoperative condition, but allowing the bulb exposure operating lever arm 5| to operate.

In order to provide a time exposure, a second series of notches 66, 66 is provided in the shutter leaf cam ring 34, said notches being narrower in width than notches 4|, 4| so that the former will not be engaged by release pawl 42 or pawl 59, but will be engaged by a pawl 61 of the time exposure operating lever arm 50. When the shutter setting ring 52 is turned so that T will be aligned with index 65; the notch 6| of.

the cam plate 60 will be in position to allow both the-time exposure operating lever arm 50 and the bulb exposure operating lever arm 5| to operate,

Assuming that the shutter is in the set condition shown-in Fig. 1, the shutter release lever 44 is turned in a contraclockwise direction, thus withdrawing the pawls 42 and 61 from engaging with notch 4|, and the shutter leaf cam ring 34 will turn in a contraclockwise direction until a notch 4| is engaged by the pawl 59 of the bulb exposure operating lever arm 5|. When the shutter release lever 44 is allowed to turn in a clockwise direction under the influence of the said spring 44a, the pawl 59 of the bulb exposure operating lever 5| will be withdrawn from the notch 4|, and a notch 66 of the shutter leaf cam ring 34 will be engaged by the pawl 51 of the time exposure operating lever arm 50. The shutter leaf cam ring 34 will be held in this position which corresponds to the full open position shown in Fig. 2, until the shutter release lever 44 is again operated in a contraclockwise direction, thus withdrawing the said pawl 61 from a notch 66 and allowing the shutter leaf cam ring 34 to continue turning in a clockwise direction until the reset lever 24 reaches the limit of its travel, at which time the shutter leaves 31 will be in closed position.

The description of the operation of the shutter thus far given is substantially the same as of the shutter operation in my said Patent No. 2,269,400.

To provide means for controlling shutter speeds other than the fastest instantaneous speed, I have provided retarding means that willaccurately time the so-called instantaneous speeds from one second upward to the limit of the most rapid instantaneous speed available. This speed will depend somewhat upon the shutter size, or the size of the lens accommodated. In the smaller sizes, a top speed of of a second has been obtained and even on the very large sizes a speed of A of a second has readily been obtained.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to 12, the shutter reset lever 24 has attached thereto, as previously stated, the operating pin 26 which will be engaged by the upturned face 68 of the retarding lever 69. In Fig. 5, is shown a speed cam 10 attached to the shutter setting ring 62 by means of screws H, II, as most clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 12. In Fig. 5 the shutter setting ring 62 is assumedv to be in a position wherein the numeral "1 corresponding to one second will be aligned with the index 65 of Fig, 13. This provides for the longest delayed exposures. As the shutter setting ring 62 is turned in a contraclockwise or clockwise direction, varying portions of the surface of the speed cam 10 will be engaged by a shoe 12 of a gear sector 13 separately shown in Fig. 7. For example, in Fig. 6. the shoe 72 is engaged with a portion of the speed cam 10 corresponding to the numeral 100 of the shutter setting ring 62, and in Fig. 9, the said shoe [2 will be on a portion of the speed cam 10 corresponding to of a second on the setting ring 62. The relation of the said. speed cam to the shutter setting ring 52 will be set forth more fully subsequently herein.

The said gear sector i3 is provided, as best shown in Fig. 7, with a pivot hole I4, terminal gear teeth 15, an upturned formation 76, a second, opposite, upturned formation 17 and a lengthwise extending arm 78 on which is formed the said cam shoe 72. The said gear sector 13 is attached to the shutter housing 20 by means of a shoulder screw 79 passing through a spacing bushing 19a. Overlying the said gear sector 13 is the retarding lever 69, pivoted on said shoulder screw 19, The said gear sector 13 is caused to turn in a clockwise direction by a spring 80 which engages the arm I8 of the said gear sector 13, and is fitted around the bushing 19a, as shown in Fig. 12, and engages the inner wall of the shutter housing 20. Attached to the upwardly extending formation 71 of the gear sector 73 is a spring bumper ill, by means of a rivet 82, and engaging the upwardly extending formation 16 of the gear sector 13 is a spring 83'Wound about said bushing 79a and engaging a pin 84 of the retarding lever 69. The said spring 83 tends to hold the retarding lever 89 in engagement with said spring 8|.

Meshing with the gear teeth i5 of the gear sector 73 is a pinion 85 attached to a large gear 86 that in turn meshes with a pinion B1 of a star wheel 88. The said :;=inions 85 and 81 are provided with shafts B9, 90 respectively, which engage holes (not shown in the slow-shutterspeed mechanism support plate 9|, best shown 'upturned formation ll.

in Fig. 8. The shoulder screw 19 passes through the said mechanism support plate BI and is threaded. into the shutter housing 20. The upper ends of the shafts 89 and 9B are supported by a plate 92, shown in Fig. 12 as held to the shutter housing 2@ by screws 93, 93, passing through a bushing 93a, and through the said slow-shutter-speed mechanism support plate SI, and are threaded'into the shutter housing 20.

Engaging the edge or periphery of the star wheel 88 is an escapement 96 mounted on a shaft as that is supported by the said plates 9! and 92. When the retarding lever 69 is caused to move in a contraclockwise direction under the influence of the operating pin 26, the reset lever 2 the retarding lever 59 with its upturned face 68, and the gear sector I3, will be caused toturn in a contraclockwise direction by reason of the engagement of the retarding lever I59 by said At the same time, the pinion B5 and the gear 86 will'be caused to turn in a clockwise direction and the pinion Bi and the star wheel 83 will be caused to -turn in a contraclockwise direction past the escapement at until the upturned face I58 of retarding lever 89 will clear the operating pin 25, thus allowing the shutter operating ring 23 and. the reset lever 24 to continue to travel until they reach the limit of their motion, that is, the retarding mechanism delays the action of the reset lever 26.

In Fig. 5, the speed cam 18 is shown in a position to allow the fullest travel of the gear sector l3, and thus the greatest amount of retardation will take place, such retardation occurring while the shutterleaves 31, 3.7 are in open'condition. This will correspond with the one-second setting of the shutter setting ring 62. It said setting ring 62 is moved to a position corresponding to /109 of a second, the speed cam ill will be in the position shown in Fig. 6.

In such case the operating pin 26 of the reset lever 24 will cause the retarding lever 69 to be turned in a contraclockwise direction until the condition or position of parts is reached shown in Fig. 6, wherein the spring 8i will be substan- I tially flattened outand the upturned end ll of the gear sector it will be engaged by the retarding lever 69, allowing the operating pin 23 to pass the face 65 of the retarding lever 69. The

position is such that no actual movement of the gear 86 and the star wheel 88 takes place, but a slight retarding action is'impartedby the spring at. When the shutter setting ring 62 is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 13, the gear sector it will be in the position shown in Fig. 9.

The upturned face 68 of the retarding lever 69 will be entirely removed from the path of the operating pin 26 of the reset lever 26 and thus no retarding action will take place.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that any degree of retardation can be obtained merely by the act of positioning the speed cam id in relation to the shoe I2, seas to cause a varying degree of travel of the gear sector I3, which inturn will cause the gear 86 to be moved a corresponding part of a revolution and the star wheel 88 will also have its rotation varied in the same ratio. In this manner any predetermined shutter speed can be obtained.

When resetting the shutter herein described,

theoperating pin 26 will engage the back. surt 'face of the upturned face 68 of the retarding lever 69 and will cause said retarding lever 69 to be moved in a clockwise direction until said upturned face 68 ispassed by the operating pin 26 and against the spring 83. Thus no turning movement will be' transmitted to the gear sec-' tor l3.

Referring now to Figs. 13 to 17 and also to Figs. 1 and 2, I have in this embodiment of the invention also provided means for closing contact of an electrical circuit for completing the circuit through a flash lamp or other device, and I will now disclose the preferred means for accome plishing this, but to which disclosed means my invention is not limited.

1 The shutter housing 20 is provided with two elongated slots or openings $6 and 9?, shown in Fig. 15, for the purpose of mounting a contact base member 88, shown as made up of an L- shaped part having one edge, as indicated at 99, turned up and formed to fit the inner surface of the shutter housing 28. The said contact base member 98 is attached to the shutter housing 20 by a screw I00 and by a bolt IGI provided with a head IBM. The said bolt. IfiI passes through a contact spring I02, also through an insulating bushing I03, through the said shutter housing slot 97, through a cover plate I li t and an insulating washer I05, audit is clamped in position by a nut I06. Pivoted to the said contact base member 98 is a contact rocker arm IN by means of 2.

shoulder screw I08, and it is separated from said contact base member 98 by a washer I09. The said rocker arm IIll is caused to move in a contraclockwise direction under the influence of a coiled spring IIIl, one end of whichis attached to a pin III of the rocker arm I01, and to the pin I I2 of the contact base member 98. The pins III and H2 are so positioned that when the said rocker arm IOI reaches a position wherein the centers of the said pins III and I I 2 and of the shoulder screw "it are in alignment, no motion will be imparted to the rocker arm IIl'I by the said spring I I8.

When the shutter is in the set position shown in Fig. 1, the contacts I I3 and I I4 will be in open position. As the shutter is released and the shutter operating ring 23 is set in motion, carrying with it the reset lever 26 and the operating pin 26, said operating pin 26 will engage an upturned face N5 of the said contact rocker arm Ifll. As the said operating pin 26 passes the said upturned face I I5, the contact rocker arm IIli will be caused to turn in a clockwise direction, carrying with it the contact I it which will touch contact I I3, and as the said operating pin it; continues to travel in a contraclockwise direction, the said operating pin 26 will leave the upturned face II5, thus allowing the contacts HS and H 3 again to be restored to open condition by the spring III).

As the shutter is reset by turning the reset lever 2 5 in a clockwise direction, the operating pin 25 will engage the opposite surface of the up as grounded to the screw we. The said wire H6 also contacts with one side of a'flash bulb III. A second wire H8 connected to the other ter-' minal of the said flash bulb II? and then to a; battery '9 and through a wire I20 to the screw IM and contact member I02, through contacts H3 and 4, then through contact base member 98 to the screw I00.

The flash synchronizer mechanism herein disclosed can be readily adjusted to time'the delay between contact and the actual flashing of the bulb within any requirements set up by flash bulbs as now manufactured. The shutter herein disclosed is so constructed as to have considerable delay from the time the shutter release lever 44 is operated and the time the shutter leaves 31 actually open. This is accomplished by the cam path spacing shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and hereinbefore fully described. It will be understood from the disclosure that the shutter leaf cam ring 34 travels a considerable distance before the dowels 39 are reached by the cam track variation for imparting a reciprocatory opening and closing movement to the shutter leaves 31.

The time of the contact with respect to the delay of the flash bulb is accomplished by changing the position of the synchronizer contact base member 98. ,This is effected by loosening the screw I and the nut I06 in the slots 96 and 91 respectively of the shutter housing 20 as provided for that purpose, and then making the necessary change in the position of the contact base mem-- her 98, thus adjusting the time of actual contact with respect to the rotation of the shutter leaf cam ring 34. I have demonstrated that an adjustment from five milliseconds to thirty milliseconds between the time of actual contact and the time of the opening of the shutter leaves 31 is readily obtainable.

I have herein disclosed a shutter that is of very strong or rugged construction that is made up of very simple parts and that can readily be assembled by unskilled labor. I have by my present invention provided a shutter capable of very high speed and which can be provided with accurately adjusted intermediate speeds. Because of the herein described structure of the shutter, very simple contacting means is provided that can be.

accurately and readily adjusted for any time delay desired.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that although specific.terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A between-the-lens photographic shutter having a shutter housing and therein having a series of leaves movable reciprocatingly to and fro to complete a single opening-and-closing act, a cam ring having a continuous cam path including a series of spaced cam formations, means operatively connecting said, leaves to said cam path with its said cam formations to impart a to and fro movement of reciprocation to said leaves 7 to' complete each single opening-and-closing thereof, operating means to move said cam ring in one-direction only thereby to efiect by said cam formations all opening and closing movements of said leaves, said last mentioned means I being operatively connected to said cam ring to turn it by steps in said one direction only, but at each such turning movement to turn it only to the extent of such part of a complete rotation of said cam ring as is necessary to cause the said shutter leaves to open and then to close in a single, complete, to and fro movement; said operating means having a reset lever-member, shutter-action retarding means for controlling the shutter speeds other than the fastest instantaneous spee located within said shutter housing in close proximity to said reset lever-member and in advance of the said position thereof, said resetlever-member having a formation to engage the retarding means in the shutter-leaves-operating direction of movement of said reset lever-member.

2. A combination according to claim 1, but in which means is provided for rendering the said retarding means active or inactive.

3. A combination according to claim 1, but ir. which a shutter speed-setting ring is provided on the shutter, in close proximity to said retarding means, and having means to engage an element of and thereby control the action of the said retarding means.

4. A combination-according to claim 1, but in said bulb exposure means.

5. A combination according to claim 1, but in which there is provideda shutter release lever having two operating formations, and there are also provided time exposure means and bulb exposur means, each having an arm respectively operated by said operating formations respectively.

6. A betweenthe-lens photographic shutter having a shutter housing and therein having a series of leaves movable reciprocatingly to and fro to complete a single opening and closing act, a cam ring having a continuous cam path including a series of spaced cam formations, means operatively connecting said leaves to said cam path with its said cam formations to impart a to and fro movement of reciprocation to said leaves to complete each single opening and-closing thereof, operating means to move said cam ring in one direction only thereof to effect by said cam formations all opening and closing movements of said leaves, said last mentioned means being operatively connected to said cam ring to turn it by steps in said one direction only, but at each such turning movement to turn it only to the extent of such part of a complete rotation of said cam ring as is necessary to cause the said shutter-leaves to open and then to close in a single, complete, to and fro movement; said operating means having a reset lever-member, shutter-action retarding means for controlling the shutter speeds other than the fastest instantaneous speed, located within said shutter housing'in close proximity to said reset lever-member and in advance of the said position thereof, said reset lever-memberhaving a formation to engage the retarding means in the shutter-leaves-operating direction of movement o said reset lever-member, said reset member having a pin 26 to engage the said retarding means, a shutter setting ring having a speed cam with a varying face formation, and a movable element engaging and moved by saidspeed cam' face and cooperating with said retarding means.

7. A combination according to claim 1, but in which there is provided a movable shutter setting ring having in close proximity to said retarding means and the reset lever-member a speed cam with a varying cam formation, and a lever enaging and moved by said speed cam formation and itself engaging the said retarding means.

8. A between-the-lens photographic shutter having a shutter housing and thew-in having a series of leaves movable reciprocatingly to and fro to complete a single opening and closing act, a

i cam ring having a continuous cam path including a series of spaced cam formations, meansv 1! steps in said one direction only, but at each such turning movement to turn it only to the extent of such part of a complete rotation of said cam ring as is necessary to cause the said shutter leaves to open and then to close in a single, complete, to and fro movement; said operating means having a reset lever-member, shutter-action retarding means for controlling the shutter speeds other than the fastest instantaneous speed, located within said shutter housing in close proximity to said reset lever-member and in advance of the said position thereof, said reset levermember having a formation to engage the retarding means in the shutter-leaves-operating direction of movement of said reset lever-member, the shutter retarding means including a retarding lever 6,9, the shutter reset member being a lever having a pin 23 to engage said retarding lever, and means to move said retarding lever cut of the path of movement of said pin 26. I

9. A retarding mechanism for the shutter action of a between-the-lensphotographic shutter in the casing thereof, comprising a pivotally mounted gear sector iii, a retarding lever 69 pivoted co-axially with said gear sector, a shutter setting ring 62 mounted upon the shutter casing and encircling the shutter and the shutteroperating means, and adapted to be circumferentially adjusted thereabout, a speed cam iii carried at the inner face of said shutter setting ring, within said shutter casing, said gear sector having a part positioned to engage the face of said speed cam in the several positions of circumferential adjustment of said speed cam, said shutter having a reset lever provided with a formation to engage and move said retarding lever, and retard-means gearing and escapement actuated by the said movement of said retarding lever.

l0. A combination according to claim 9, but in which there is provided means to move the said retarding lever out of the path of movement of the said formation on the said reset lever.

11. A combination according to claim 9, but in which the said retarding lever is provided with a formation 58 and the .resetlever is provided with a pin 26 to engage said formation 68 and thereby to move said retarding lever, in whichsaid gear sector is provided with a spring bumper 8! engaged by said retarding lever, and in which there is provided a spring 83- to hold the retarding lever in engagement with said spring bumper BI. 12. A combination according to claim 1, but in which-there is provided a shutter operating ring having an operating spring 30 positioned between an extensionfrom said shutter ring and a portionof the shutter casing, said spring 30 consisting of a non-coiled springband folded transversely back and forth upon itself at a multiplicity of slightly spaced points throughout its 10 length.

13. A retarding mechanism for the shutter action of a between-the-lens photographic shutter in the casing thereof, comprising a pivotally mounted toothed member having a projecting formation, a retarding lever pivotally mounted closely adjacent said toothed member, a shutter setting ring mounted upon the shutter casing to encircle the shutter and the shutter operating means and adapted to be circumferentially adjusted thereabout, a speed cam carried by said shutter setting ring so as to be brought into selected positions of circumferential adjustment by movement of said setting ring, so as to be engaged along its cam formation by said projecting formation of said toothed member or to be moved /out of the path of said projecting formation, said shutter having a reset lever-member provided with a formation to engage and move said retard-' ing lever, and. retarding-means gearing and escapement actuated by the said-movement of said retarding lever.

14. A combination according to claim 13, but wherein said speed cam is movable into a position in which its relation to the projecting formation of the toothed member is such that the retarding lever is out of the path of movement of the formation of the reset lever-member. I

15. A combination according to claim 13, but

wherein when the speed cam is positioned so that 49 a high cam point thereof contacts with said extending formation of the toothed member, the retarding lever is out of the path of movement of the formation of the reset lever-member and no retardation occurs, and wherein contact of said extending formation with cam points of lesser height on said speed cam increases the said retarding action, and wherein when the speed cam is so positioned that said extending formation does'not contact with said speeg cam, the greatest amount of retardation occurs.

16. A combination according to claim 13, but wherein the said retarding lever is pivoted coaxially with said toothed member and is provided permitted to do so by the position of the speed cam.

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